Handball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament
The girls handball tournament at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing was held from 20 to 25 August. Games were played at the Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  China |
| Dates | 20–25 August |
| Teams | 6 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  South Korea (1st title) |
| Runner-up |  Russia |
| Third place |  Sweden |
| Fourth place |  Brazil |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches | 12 |
| Goals scored | 639 (53.25 per match) |
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South Korea won their first title after defeating Russia 32-31 in the final.[1] Sweden captured the bronze, by winning against Brazil 23-16.[2]
Competition schedule
| G | Group stage | P | Placement matches | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
Date Event | Wed 20 | Thu 21 | Fri 22 | Sat 23 | Sun 24 | Mon 25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | G | G | G | G | P | ½ | B | F |
Qualification
| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Vancouver | 10 February 2010 | 1 | China | B |
| 2013 European Youth Championship |  Gdańsk/Gdynia | 15–25 August 2013 | 2 | Sweden | B |
| Russia | A | ||||
| 2013 Asian Youth Games | Nanjing | 16–24 August 2013 | 1 | South Korea | A |
| 2013 African Youth Nations Championship |  Oyo | 22–31 August 2013 | 1 |  Angola | A |
| 2014 Pan American Youth Championship | Fortaleza | 20–28 April 2014 | 1 | Brazil | B |
| Oceania Qualification Event | - | Cancelled | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 6 |
Competition format
The six teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of three, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.
Rosters
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 52 | +18 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | South Korea |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 59 | +11 | 2 | |
| 3 | Angola |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 73 | −29 | 0 | 5th place game |
Source: Nanjing 2014
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
| 20 August 14:00 |
Angola |
21–34 | Russia |
Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Engberg, Laurell (Sweden) |
| Paulino 8 | (12–20) | three players 4 | ||
1× 1× |
Report | 3× 3× |
| 21 August 14:00 |
South Korea |
39–23 | Angola |
Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (Japan) |
| Kang D. 7 | (20–11) | Da Costa 6 | ||
| 2× 3× |
Report | 3× 4× |
| 22 August 14:00 |
Russia |
36–31 | South Korea |
Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Wang, Li (China) |
| Frolova 9 | (16–16) | Yu 7 | ||
| 2× 3× |
3× 1× |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Brazil |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 2 | |
| 3 | China (H) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 0 | 5th place game |
Source: Nanjing 2014
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host.
| 20 August 16:00 |
China |
14–39 | Sweden |
Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (France) |
| Suo 5 | (8–20) | three players 7 | ||
| 3× 7× |
Report | 3× |
| 21 August 14:00 |
Brazil |
32–18 | China |
Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Brunner, Salah (Switzerland) |
| Costa, Fernandes 5 | (14–6) | Liu 6 | ||
| 3× 1× |
Report | 3× 3× |
| 22 August 14:00 |
Sweden |
32–24 | Brazil |
Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (Japan) |
| Mellegård 7 | (16–11) | Carneiro, De Paula 6 | ||
| 2× 2× |
Report | 3× 4× 1× |
Knockout stage
Fifth place game
| 24 August 9:00 |
Angola |
31–18 | China |
Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (Japan) |
| Paulino 8 | (14–6) | Shi 5 | ||
| Report | 2× 4× |
| 25 August 9:00 |
China |
22–22 | Angola |
Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Wang, Li (China) |
| Lin, Suo 7 | (9–11) | Paulino 9 | ||
| 3× 1× |
Report | 3× 1× |
Angola win 53-40 on aggregate
Semifinals
| 24 August 13:00 |
South Korea |
25–24 | Sweden |
Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Brunner, Salah (Switzerland) |
| Kang E. 6 | (11–10) | Ekenman-Fernis 10 | ||
| 2× 2× 1× |
Report | 3× 5× |
| 24 August 15:30 |
Russia |
30–22 | Brazil |
Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Liu, Li (China) |
| Golikova, Vernigorova 5 | (17–7) | De Paula 6 | ||
| 4× 3× |
Report | 3× 1× |
Bronze medal game
| 25 August 13:00 |
Sweden |
23–16 | Brazil |
Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Shimairi, Ota (Japan) |
| four players 4 | (11–5) | Arruda 5 | ||
| 3× 2× |
Report | 3× 3× |
Gold medal game
| 25 August 18:00 |
South Korea |
32–31 | Russia |
Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Engberg, Laurell (Sweden) |
| Kang K. 12 | (17–14) | Golikova, Markova 7 | ||
| 3× 5× |
Report | 3× 7× |
References
- "South Korea and Slovenia claim handball titles on ninth day of Nanjing 2014". insidethegames.biz. 25 August 2014.
- "Sweden win bronze medal". olympics.org. 25 August 2014.
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